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Download full textVan Wagenen, R. Keith – 1973
A group of 161 kindergarten and first grade children were instructed in mathematics using exercises in linear measurement to increase understanding of unit-quantity relations. A comparison group made up from two adjacent and comparable middle-class schools was taught mathematics without intervention into the mathematics content. Treatment and…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept), Kindergarten Children, Learning Processes
Barr, Rebecca C. – 1971
The objectives of this study were (1) to construct and evaluate the reliability and validity of word learning tasks for predicting success in learning to read, and (2) to compare the effectiveness of word learning tasks with readiness measures in predicting reading in grade one. Two samples of like-aged boys and girls from urban (76) and suburban…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Kindergarten Children, Learning Processes, Predictive Measurement
Ginther, Dean W.; Brazas, Adam T. – 1986
The contribution of decentration as an underlying component of discrimination learning and discrimination shift behavior was investigated in this study. In addition, the effect of verbal labeling and the relationship of academic achievement to discrimination learning and decentration was considered. The subjects were 120 first grade students who…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Discrimination Learning, Grade 1
PDF pending restorationREECE, WILLIAM K. – 1966
THIS DOCUMENT CONSISTS OF THE SUMMARY REPORT CONTAINED IN "IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF CHARACTERISTICS OF KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN THAT FORETELL EARLY LEARNING PROBLEMS." SEE ABSTRACT UNDER PS 000 918. (JS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Child Development, Comparative Testing
